Name a TV show that ended just right.
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Ok, in no particular order . . .
* MASH
* Angel ("I don't know about you but I want to fight the dragon")
* The Shield
* The Wire
* Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
* Star Trek: The Next Generation
* Life on Mars UK (Unlike most I didn't mind the US ending either)
* Cheers
* Newhart
* Babylon 5
* Six Feet Under
* MASH
* Angel ("I don't know about you but I want to fight the dragon")
* The Shield
* The Wire
* Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
* Star Trek: The Next Generation
* Life on Mars UK (Unlike most I didn't mind the US ending either)
* Cheers
* Newhart
* Babylon 5
* Six Feet Under
It ends pretty well if you cut season 5, except for the final episode... S5's kinda superfluous to the story arc. Which is appropriate since, while the show was intended to be a five season run, JMS condensed the original outline for season 4 and 5 into a single year, because he was told, point blank, there would be no season 5... then TNT picked it up for a fifth season.smearyllama said:
While somewhat unsatisfying, Brimstone and Ultraviolet both had really solid, if open, endings.
Before they brought it back from the dead (and, tbf, the new season wasn't bad), I'd have said Futurama.
"Please don't stop playing, Fry. I want to hear how it ends."Sorry for poor video quality.
Zuko: Did Jet just...die?
Sokka: You know, it was really unclear.
And the Energybending wouldn't have bugged me so much if they hadn't been setting up a wonderful moral based around Aang's hesitance. It was still really good, however.
"Please don't stop playing, Fry. I want to hear how it ends."Sorry for poor video quality.
Agreed, such an awesome show.saxxon.de said:
I didn't like it either, but it becomes 10 times more brilliant when you realize that it's a take-off of The Stranger.DoctorPhil said:
What happened to Jet isn't a loose end. He's dead. They just weren't allowed to say it. They made fun of it with the Ember Island Players.sabercrusader said:
Zuko: Did Jet just...die?
Sokka: You know, it was really unclear.
And the Energybending wouldn't have bugged me so much if they hadn't been setting up a wonderful moral based around Aang's hesitance. It was still really good, however.
Honestly, I could go for Firefly. It's open ended, but fairly solid and doesn't outstay it's welcome. I know it won Joss Whedon a lot of fans, but I can't help but think if he'd had more time he would have gone and f---ed it up. So, Firefly ends right where it needs to with the crew as a family, a weird, dysfunctional family, but still.The66Monkey said:Firefly
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no srsly Farscape if you include the movies was epic ending!
I actually think the way they ended up doing it was better, for the show to end people needed to know that Sam actually had gone back and saved them. Even John Simm said himself in that clip that they made the right decision. Also, they'd been building Sam and Annie up for two whole seasons so they couldn't just have left that loose end untied.The_root_of_all_evil said:
Amen on that one... -_-...TheSaw said:
Avatar(the awesome one, not the blue people one) Kind of ended on a good note with me.
The war ended, peace was brought to the land, Aang ended up with Katara, it all met a good end.
Then they had to cocktease us with that Zuko wanting to find his mother plot they never resolved...
Was going to say MASH, but was ninja'd. Actually very happy about that, as I was loosing faith that anyone here saw TV as anything other than Anime and sci-fi shows from the last decade.
For anime, I will throw out Cowboy Bebop. I thought it was good, and didn't see it listed (only read 3 pages).
However I notice a lot of people throwing out names of shows that actually had an ending, but that does not mean they were any good. There are certainly shows that make it to an ending that still scream WTF? Example...(showing my age here) Newheart. I f*cking hate this ending. Years of great characters like Larry, Daryl, and Derril gone! Never existed because the whole damn series was a flippin dream. That may have been considered edgy at the time, but I just consider it a big middle finger to all the viewers.
But that's just me I guess.
For anime, I will throw out Cowboy Bebop. I thought it was good, and didn't see it listed (only read 3 pages).
However I notice a lot of people throwing out names of shows that actually had an ending, but that does not mean they were any good. There are certainly shows that make it to an ending that still scream WTF? Example...(showing my age here) Newheart. I f*cking hate this ending. Years of great characters like Larry, Daryl, and Derril gone! Never existed because the whole damn series was a flippin dream. That may have been considered edgy at the time, but I just consider it a big middle finger to all the viewers.
But that's just me I guess.
I really liked the ending to friends and the ending to Angel. Probably my two favorite endings to tv shows ever. Also like some others have said if you don't count season 9 scrubs would be there too.
Gotta agree with this guy. I simply no longer tolerate uber-long anime series anymore. I watched DBZ at the time, and enjoyed it, but I probably wouldn't have the patience for it nowadays. Started watching Naruto. Lost interest around the Sasuke kidnapped arc. Watched One Piece. Lost interest around the Alabasta arc. Watched a bit of Bleach, but didn't hold my interest long enough to even COMPLETE an arc.Kysafen said:
Anyways, back OT, I feel like Transformers: Beast Wars had a really sublime ending (Fuck Beast Machines, that never happened). Tied up all the loose plotlines, and even featured the redemption of everyone's favorite samurai raptor. Hell, I'm watching it right now as I type these words.
Also, while I know that the series isn't COMPLETELY finished yet (season 2 is this winter), I think Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt had one of the most fitting endings EVER. Yes, it's a cliffhanger that may or may not be canon. Yes, it's a MASSIVE trollface. But you know what? For a show like that, I can't think of any other way it COULD have ended, now that I have seen the one we got.
Can't believe it took until 4 pages in for someone to bring up 'The Wire' - everything about that show was as close to perfection as you can get from a television series on any continent.
'ER' stayed looooong past it's welcome (I stuck around until season 12 out of habit until I couldn't bear it any longer), but I found the finale to be surprisingly well done. I DVR'ed it out of curiosity and was amazed at how well various characters storylines played out - and without the typical melodrama! Too bad it didn't come a few years sooner.
That's what makes this question so hard to answer - the really unique shows are usually canceled before they have a chance to develop, while the mainstream hits are flogged into season after season renewal long past having any interesting stories to tell.
'ER' stayed looooong past it's welcome (I stuck around until season 12 out of habit until I couldn't bear it any longer), but I found the finale to be surprisingly well done. I DVR'ed it out of curiosity and was amazed at how well various characters storylines played out - and without the typical melodrama! Too bad it didn't come a few years sooner.
That's what makes this question so hard to answer - the really unique shows are usually canceled before they have a chance to develop, while the mainstream hits are flogged into season after season renewal long past having any interesting stories to tell.
